June 13, 2023
Zambia: President's 'Desperate Plan' to Stay in Power? A Response
We assess the same evidence as Sishuwa Sishuwa and come to different conclusions. Read more »
June 01, 2023
Zambia: Zambia - the President's Five-Point Plan to Stay in Power At All Costs
Hichilema is desperate to retain power and already has a worrying plan three years ahead of time. Read more »
May 30, 2023
South Africa: The Two Defining Challenges Facing South Africa
Stagnation at home and fence-sitting abroad are costing the country dearly, and the costs are only rising. Read more »
May 16, 2023
Namibia: Drag Night Namibia - 'What We Are Doing Here Today Is Massive'
Amid momentous legal victories and disappointing let-downs, Namibia's queer community and activists celebrate a radical joy. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Mozambique: The Return to Cabo Delgado - Gas, War, and the Emergence of Total Land
While TotalEnergies remains coy about restarting the $20bn gas project, Mozambicans are coming home in the conspicuous absence of the state. Read more »
Botswana: Botswana Has Always Driven a Hard Bargain With De Beers
Botswana is not following a trend of African state negotiating more aggressively with corporations. It has long set this trend. Read more »
April 25, 2023
Botswana: Why Is Botswana Rethinking Its Deal With De Beers?
Christened 'Debswana', its 50-year-old mining pact with de Beers is showing signs of strain - for some rather unexpected reasons. Read more »
April 24, 2023
South Africa: The Risk of Extreme Wildfires Around Cape Town Has Nearly Doubled
Our study suggests climate change has significantly increased the likelihood of extreme wildfires. But there are ways to mitigate the risks. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, a Struggling Media Is a Target for Capture
With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Read more »
March 23, 2023
Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Dumped Six Months' Rain in Six Days
With the death toll rising and the homeless increasing, Malawi, already grappling with a major cholera outbreak, sends out an SoS. Read more »
March 20, 2023
Mozambique: 'Nobody Imagined It Would Be So Intense' - Mozambique After Freddy
While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Malawi: What Next in Chakwera's Anti-Corruption Crusade ?
A scandal from the last regime forced the president to fire senior officials, suspend his VP and risk breaking the ruling coalition. Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Of Cobblers, Colonialism, and Choices
Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the opposite. Read more »
December 16, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Vice-President's Secret Plan to Be President Stays On Schedule
President Mnangagwa was not seriously challenged at the ZANU-PF congress. But neither was the powerful Vice-President Chiwenga. Read more »
Zambia: Why President Hakainde Hichilema Is Adored Abroad But Not at Home
Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia's expense. Read more »
December 06, 2022
South Africa: Pandemic Policies in South Africa - a Model of Neocolonial State Capture
The huge Covid death toll - by far the worst in Africa - occurred not in spite of Western biomedical practices but because of them, argues a new book from the African Arguments… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Malawi: 'I Did It All On a Phone' - the Hotline Changing Health Outcomes in Malawi
Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Zimbabwe's Education Was Once the Envy of Africa. Not Anymore
Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by. Read more »
October 26, 2022
South Africa: The ANC's Power Games Have Led It to a Make or Break Moment
As factional fighting dominates South Africa's ruling party, it is the public that pay the cost. Read more »
September 15, 2022
Angola: Anatomy of a Stolen Election
The MPLA's crisis of legitimacy could be sowing the seeds of a revolution against itself. Read more »
September 14, 2022
Angola: The Real Winners of Angola's Election
The electorate's popular will may have been defied by the MPLA's victory, but the people were more organised, engaged and vigorous than ever before. Read more »
August 24, 2022
Zambia: An Assessment of President Hichilema's First Year
The new president came to power promising widespread change. A year on, his supporters see him as a saviour, his critics as an abject failure. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: 'Zimdancehall Is Dead' - Critics Say Ghetto Sound Was Sold for a Song
Zimdancehall was once known for its revolutionary lyrics. Now its singers are hyping up businessmen in songs and performing at Zanu-PF rallies. Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: How Power in Angola Is Wielded By One Man
Roque's new book shows how the regime came to be ruled by, and came to rule through, fear and paranoia - still does so to this day. Read more »
July 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Building Houses While Knocking Down Gender Barriers in Zimbabwe
The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women join the once male-dominated construction industry. Read more »